Book

Name/Title

Book

Entry/Object ID

1980.5.1

Description

Small paper book filled with hair clippings. The book is covered with blue-green paper, and the binding is secured with pink ribbon. Each page contains clippings of hair twisted or plaited into decorative shapes and applied with glued paper shapes. Each clipping is labeled with a name, presumably who the hair was taken from.

Context

Owned by Mary A. Vincent of Montpelier, Vermont

Acquisition

Accession

1980.5

Source or Donor

Chapell, Roger

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Chapell

Made/Created

Artist

Templeton, Mary Ayers (1825-1913)

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

6-1/2 in

Width

4 in

Material

Paper, Hair

Relationships

Related Places

Place

City

Montpelier

County

Washington County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America